The Golden Shanty

"The Golden Shandy" is a 1959 episode of the TV series Goodyear Theatre.

"The Golden Shanty"
Goodyear Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 5
Directed byArthur Hiller
Written byJameson Brewer
Based onstory by Edward Dyson
Produced byWinston O'Keefe
Production codeScreen Gems
Original air date9 November 1959 (1959-11-09)
Guest appearance
Errol Flynn

It marked the last filmed performance of Errol Flynn and was broadcast after he died.[1]

Plot

Traveling medicine man Doc Boatwright goes through Nugget City. The female co-owner of a saloon throws a brick of the saloon at him. Boatwright realises the brick contains gold and tries to con her out of it.

Cast

Production

The script was based on a short story by Australian writer Edward Dyson which was first published in 1889.[2] Dyson later turned it into a play.[3]

In August 1959 Hedda Hopper reported that Patricia Barry turned down the chance to appear in Line Up to go to New York to make the production. "She must have wanted a trip to New York," wrote Hopper.[4]

The production was shot in three days. Director Arthur Hiller said Flynn had a great deal of trouble remembering his lines.[5]

References
  1. Flynn's Last Fling L.L. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 8 Nov 1959: G3.
  2. Graeme Davison, 'Dyson, Edward George (Ted) (1865–1931)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dyson-edward-george-ted-6073/text10397, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 7 November 2019.
  3. "THE GOLDEN SHANTY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 601. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Looking at Hollywood: Timmy Everett Is First Cast in 'Exodus' Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (31 Aug 1959: a6.
  5. McNulty, Thomas (2015). Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 291. ISBN 9781476609720.
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